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Students may choose between 2 options:

• Thesis option (twenty-four credit hours, 8 courses) plus thesis
• Project option (thirty credit hours, 10 courses) plus project worth 3 credit hours

The required core courses stress the actual and the practical. These are:

• MFS/ME 505 Modeling of Manufacturing Processes and Machines
• MFS/EE 605 Systems for Factory Information and Control
• MFS/ME/EE 606 Manufacturing Seminar/Project
• MGT/MFS 611 Organizational Behavior

Instructors regularly interact with industry and use industry problems for class projects. The seminar project class typically involves study of actual manufacturing processes in real factory settings.

The remaining course requirements can be satisfied by choosing from a variety of multidisciplinary courses, drawing on business and communications, as well as engineering specialties, thus allowing students to specialize in one of the following areas:

Prospective students must apply to the UK Graduate School and be admitted to both the UK Graduate School and the Degree Program. Details regarding degree program options, requirements for admission, step by step instructions for the application process, and more are available in the MFS Graduate Handbook and other pages linked above.

To be admitted, a student should have an undergraduate engineering degree from an ABET accredited engineering program or an equivalent program. (Visit the ABET Homepage to find out if your program is ABET accredited.) Applicants who have been awarded Bachelor degrees other than engineering or from engineering programs not accredited by ABET (including those offered by institutions outside the United States) may be admitted only if persuasive evidence (test scores, grades, letters of recommendation) indicate strong academic potential. Students with an undergraduate major not in engineering may also need to complete a certain number of undergraduate engineering courses to prepare them for this program. A minimum grade point average of 2.8 on a 4.0 scale for undergraduate work is expected and GRE scores must be at least 700 quantitativel. International students should submit TOEFL or IELTS scores as well.

An additional option for University of Kentucky undergraduate students is the dual degree program: combine a BS in electrical or mechanical engineering with an MS in manufacturing systems engineering. A minimum cumulative GPA of 3.0 and submission of GRE scores are required for admission. This program does not reduce the number of credit hours required for either degree.

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